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(No Model.) M A. F. ARNOLD,`

BAR RING.. No. 276,993. Patented May 8,1883.

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@amy/mw i UNITEDSTATESPATENT F1-reno ALBERT F. ARNOLD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

EAR-RING.

4sri-:ernaar,10Nhmmag part er Letters Patent No. 276,993, dated May 8,1883. i lApplication tiled August 16, 18132. `(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ALBERT F. ARNOLD, a citizen ofthe United States, residin gat Providence, in thecountyof Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Ear-Rings, ot' which the following is aspeciication.

My invention relates that class of ear-rings y i Qin which a bar, to which the ornamental por-4 tion of the ear-ring is -attached or suspended,

passes through the lobe of the ear and is prevented from accidental retraction through such to this method is that the widened end of the split-wire or bar is apt to lacerate the lobe ot' the ear, andthere are also difficulties in the practical details of manufacturing and tem pering such spring ends. Again', the bar has been `made in the form ofa bolt, with a screw-thread cut upon the same, provided with a cap havthe expense ot making said screws; second,

ing a,` female screw to screw onto said bolt. This method is objectional, first, on account of the bolt with its screw-threadis sure to lacerate the lobe of` the ear in passing-through the same; and, third, if the cap is `accidentally screwed on too-far the threads of the female screw will be stripped, thus destroying the device. 'lhe'object of my invention is to over- 4comethese ditiiculties by providing a bar that n SO shall passl through the hole in. the lobe ot'` the ear Without injuring the ear, and providing a novel, cheap, and eflcient mode of securin gthe same. i

My invention consists in making the bar `with a bulbous end slightly `larger than the wire ot the bar, and at the same time presenting a smooth surface to pass through the ear,

" and providing a spring-cap for the same, consisting of a cut spring-ring having its ends formed into or attached Vto the two parts of a` split clamping sleeve, respectively, so combined that said sleeve will close around said bar,

springing/to the same after the bulbous end of the bar has passed into the inside of the ring, thus preventing its accidental retraction by the resistance the bulb gives against the ends of the said split clamping-sleeve. Yet, it' a greater force be applied to draw the'cap oft' ,the bar, it will spring apart and slide over the bulb. The round part of the ring serves as a stop to prevent the bar from passing too `far tween the ends ofthe ring.

In the accompanying illustrations I have shown theends ofthe ringasformed intoa split clamping-sleeve, which springs together after passing the bulb, thus taking a rmerhold on the bar than would the ends of the ring, if of the same size as the'wire of which itis formed.

One form of my invention I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in the different figures of which similar letters refer to similar parts. i

Figure l represents the completed device with all parts secured together. Fig. 2 represents the device with the cap separated from the bar and ornamental" part. Fig. 5 represents the bar and ornamental partas in Fig.

2, except that a different side is presented to `the view, Fig. 3 shows the device with the same cap applied to an ear-ring with a bar of larger size (greater diameter) than in Fig.

l, 2, and 5; and Fig. 4 shows the device with the larger bar and cap removed from the same and sprung open, ready to pass over the bulb.

B represents the bar ot the ear-ring; b, the bulb at the end of the bar; b', a depression in the'bar, made on' both sides of the same,as

shown in'Fig. 5. bar which filled this depression is pressed out in the formation of the same to the sides, making the bulge of the bulb.

' R represents an elastic spring-ring, cut in two at one side and forming a portion of' the cap.

C is the split clamping-sleeve, formed of two halves, each of which is fastened to one of the ends of the cut ring. The ends of the ring may serve as clamps without any distinct clamping sleeve. The `inside of clampingsleeve' C or. the ends ofthe rings where no clamping-sleeve is used are formed'to tit the bar B below the bulb, between it and the ornamentalappen'dage. y

It is evident that the bulb can be made, by upsetting the bar B,of a complete pear shape The stock or material in the IOO .pls

or any other bulbousvshape desired, or the end ofbar B can be of the same size of wire as its other portions beyond the bulbous enlargement, and other vVariations in shape may be made, as suits convenience in manufacture or taste, Without departing from the fundamental idea of my invention, which is to have an enlargement of bar B, which bar is clasped in rear ofthe enlargement by clamp of ring R, so arranged as to prevent bar B from accident ally slipping out of clasp of ring R or its attached clamps, While the spring of ring R will yield and 'release the bar B by slipping of clamp over the bulb upon a strong force being applied to it. The end of bar B, when inserted into the cap, will be arrested after a certain portion has passed through by the ring, as

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent,

l. The cap to the bar of an ear-ring, made ofthe elastic out ring R and split clamp-sleeve C, combined substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

2.y In an ear-ring, the combination of the bar B, bulb b, ring B, and split clamp-sleeve C, substantiallyl as herein described.

3. In an ear-ring, the combination of the bar B, bulb b, depression b in bar, ring R, and clamp-sleeve C, substantially as herein d'escribed. l

Y ALBERT F. ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

Z. O. SLooUM, W. A. GREENE. 

